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2021 - 2023 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) (Read 151385 times)

solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #410 - Mar 28^th, 2022 at 12:39pm
	Love those elevated campsites


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #411 - Mar 29^th, 2022 at 1:27pm
	Been there, done that


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starwatcher Inukshuk Offline Posts: 687 Location: Duluth, MN Joined: Dec 21^st, 2006	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #412 - Mar 29^th, 2022 at 3:30pm
	What's the Daniel Boone quote, something like "I have never been lost, but I will admit to being a mite confused for several weeks." From my experience I turn the map in the direction I'm heading, make sure I have a feel for the scale of the map, use a compass pinned to my life vest, and watch for the points, campsites, portages, where vegetation is worn down. I'll relate to a story a friend of mine told me that they were camped on an island in Moose Lake out of Ely and had a couple portage through their campsite on the island in the middle of the lake. They had canoed down the bay of the island and thought they were at the end of the lake. starwatcher


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #413 - Mar 29^th, 2022 at 4:23pm
	starwatcher wrote on Mar 29^th, 2022 at 3:30pm: What's the Daniel Boone quote, something like "I have never been lost, but I will admit to being a mite confused for several weeks." From my experience I turn the map in the direction I'm heading, make sure I have a feel for the scale of the map, use a compass pinned to my life vest, and watch for the points, campsites, portages, where vegetation is worn down. I'll relate to a story a friend of mine told me that they were camped on an island in Moose Lake out of Ely and had a couple portage through their campsite on the island in the middle of the lake. They had canoed down the bay of the island and thought they were at the end of the lake. starwatcher When I first started solo tripping, I got "confused" a few times and realized I needed to up my navigation skills. I had learned a lot when I was in the Army (68-70) but because I didn't use them, I forgot much of it. I bought this book and highly recommend it to ANYONE who goes into the woods/waters. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Once you learn even the bare basics like orientating your map to your direction of travel and learning how to shoot a heading "off" where you want to end-up, you can paddle thru islands/channels and NOT get lost or disorientated. Nothing is more frustrating than to be turning your map trying to match the terrain while NOT having a compass AND the N/S/E/W marked ON your map to help you match the map to direction of travel.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5460 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #414 - Mar 29^th, 2022 at 6:12pm
	Land is a lot harder to navigate than water and I learned early on to take a map and compass if I wasn't on a easily walkable island when the wind shifts, the clouds roll inland you realize you stopped paying attention an hour or two ago. Aiming a little "off" is always good advice. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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mpeebles Inukshuk Offline Posts: 598 Location: Fond du Lac, WI Joined: Feb 26^th, 2018	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #415 - Apr 1^st, 2022 at 11:55am
	Today's POD. I think a frown would've been kinda cool....way more menacing! That's IF I'm seeing what I "think" I'm seeing.


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Jimbo Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4597 Location: Florida Joined: Oct 6^th, 2002	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #416 - Apr 1^st, 2022 at 12:16pm
	That's db's rendition of Nanabozho joking with us on April Fools Day. Jimbo


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #417 - Apr 1^st, 2022 at 12:51pm
	Jimbo wrote on Apr 1^st, 2022 at 12:16pm: That's db's rendition of Nanabozho joking with us on April Fools Day. Jimbo


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #418 - Apr 1^st, 2022 at 5:36pm
	Ah, the April 1 POD. A time-honored tradition.


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mpeebles Inukshuk Offline Posts: 598 Location: Fond du Lac, WI Joined: Feb 26^th, 2018	Re: 2021 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 29) Reply #419 - Apr 1^st, 2022 at 6:19pm
	Ahhhh....forgot what day it was!


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